FED:Parliament to discuss two CSG bills

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2011
FED:Parliament to discuss two CSG bills

Federal Liberal and Labor's support for coal seam gas mining industry will be tested
in parliament this week when the Greens and a key independent MP introduce bills to increase
landowner rights and protect water quality.

Independent MP TONY WINDSOR wants to slow down the "frenzy" of development in the CSG
industry and plans to introduce a private members bill tomorrow extending existing federal
environmental laws.

In rural Queensland and NSW farmers are concerned that CSG industry's fracking process
- the injection of chemicals, water and sand at high pressures to crack rock and release
gas - will poison underground water, contaminate good agricultural soil and cause serious
health problems.

Greens senator LARISSA WATERS is due to introduce the party's bill into the Senate
on Wednesday but it will struggle for support after Opposition Leader TONY ABBOTT ruled
out backing it.

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Fed: Haneef has not caused change at AFP

AAP General News (Australia)
02-18-2008
Fed: Haneef has not caused change at AFP

By Peter Veness

CANBERRA, Feb 18 AAP - The Australian Federal Police has changed nothing about the
way it conducts terrorism investigations despite the bungled Mohamed Haneef case.

Police commissioner Mick Keelty today told a Senate estimates committee there had been
an internal investigation but no changes had been made to processes inside the force.

Dr Haneef was arrested by federal police at Brisbane International Airport last year
and detained for a month on terrorism-related charges which were eventually dropped by
prosecutors.

"We, in any major investigation review ... as a matter of course how we've done the
investigation," Mr Keelty said.

"We have reviewed the Haneef matter as a matter of course and there's nothing that's
arisen out of those reviews that required us to alter our policies or alter our approaches
to those investigations."

Mr Keelty did mention there was an on-going internal investigation into another, unnamed,
case where the police were concerned about some matters.

"We have a current inquiry in relation to another matter that's not yet reported where
we were concerned about particular issues."

Attorney-General Robert McClelland is expected soon to announce the details of a judicial
inquiry into the Haneef case.

"The AFP welcomes any inquiry into our role in the Haneef inquiry.

"We have absolutely nothing to hide," Mr Keelty said.

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FED:Detainees continue protest

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2011
FED:Detainees continue protest

By Belinda Cranston, Angie Raphael and Ed Logue

SYDNEY, April 24 AAP - As a protest at Sydney's Villawood detention centre entered
its fifth day, immigration officials have downplayed reports of a mass hunger strike at
Western Australia's Curtin facility.

Three protesters remained on the roof of Villawood detention centre on Easter Sunday afternoon.

Two of them had been there since Wednesday, when a riot involving up to 100 detainees
broke out, leaving nine buildings gutted by fire.

Twenty-two of the protesters were earlier this week transferred to Silverwater Correctional
Centre and questioned by police.

Officials from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship were waiting to negotiate
with the remaining three protesters, but only if they came down from the roof at Villawood,
a spokeswoman said.

"We are prepared to meet them," she told AAP.

Social Justice Network spokesman Jamal Daoud said security staff were not allowing
anyone access to the protesters, leaving them without food or water.

"They're getting water on the roof but they have to come down to get food," a department
spokesman told AAP when asked on Sunday afternoon.

Well known for speaking out on behalf of refugees and detainees, Mr Daoud complained
he was handcuffed and forced to kneel after an argument with police on Saturday afternoon
at the centre.

He said he was taken to Bankstown police station and later released with a $350 fine.

"The police officers were acting with deep hate, disregard for basic civil rights,"

Mr Daoud said.

In Western Australia, Ian Rintoul from the Refugee Action Coalition said a hunger strike
and sit-in involving about 300 detainees at Curtin Airbase detention centre, in the state's
remote West Kimberley region, was expected to escalate.

The protest against visitors being prevented from going to the centre over the Easter
weekend began on Saturday morning, Mr Rintoul said.

"The asylum seekers are asking that they be allowed to see refugee supporters who have
travelled from Perth and other cities to see them over the Easter weekend," Mr Rintoul
said in a statement on Sunday.

The Immigration Department downplayed the claim, saying about 150 Afghan refugees had
started a "peaceful protest" on Saturday afternoon.

"I can confirm that some people skipped a meal but it's not unusual to do that," a
spokeswoman told AAP.

She added that there was food available at the centre's canteen, and that snacks like
noodles were available in the tea room, which meant some detainees sometimes skipped meals
in favour of snacks.

"The centre is calm. There are just some people sitting in the outdoor reception area
at the centre," she said.

Meanwhile, the Australia Greens have urged the federal government to increase its refugee
intake by about 50 per cent.

Greens federal MP Adam Bandt suggested the government lift the number of refugees accepted
into Australia to 20,000 a year.

"Our view is that we should have a quick and humane process and, of course, if someone
is found not to be a refugee or we have reached our limit, then we should, of course,
return them safely, provided it is within our legal obligations," Mr Bandt told the Ten
Network on Sunday.

He recommended that asylum-seeker applications be processed within 30 days.

"It gives enough time for security and health checks," he said.

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FED:Aussie broadband too dear and slow: report

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2011
FED:Aussie broadband too dear and slow: report

Federal Labor has another NBN headache .. with a London-based report claiming the government's
planned broadband will be ten times slower than South Korea's .. but 24 times more expensive.

The opposition's broadband spokesman MALCOLM TURNBULL has immediately jumped on the
Economist Intelligence Unit report .. saying no other country is spending as much on the
broadband as Australia.

But Labor's cried foul .. with Communications Minister STEPHEN CONROY complaining it's
wrong to compare sparsely-populated Australia with South Korea .. and the government saying
its guaranteed 100 megabits speed for the network is supposed to get faster later.

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VIC:Shorten triggered ousting: Langdon

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2010
VIC:Shorten triggered ousting: Langdon

Victorian government lower house whip CRAIG LANGDON has named federal Labor powerbroker
BILL SHORTEN as one of the "faceless" men .. who triggered his pre-selection loss.

Mr LANGDON's cited his divorce and supporting his children as the reasons for his resignation

after 14 years as a MP .. but has also spoken of a campaign behind his back involving
Mr SHORTEN and the Australian Workers' Union.

He lost Labor pre-selection for the seat of Ivanhoe last month to Education Minister
BRONWYN PIKE's former chief-of-staff ANTHONY CARBINES .. who he says isn't up to the task
of holding on to the seat.

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FED: Want cheap petrol? Drive to Sydney

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2010
FED: Want cheap petrol? Drive to Sydney

By Colin Brinsden

CANBERRA, April 19 AAP - Sydney is by far the cheapest Australian city to buy petrol,
with pump prices dropping by 4.2 cents per litre in the past week.

The national average for unleaded petrol eased 0.8 cents per litre to 128 cents, the
Australian Institute of Petroleum said in its latest weekly report released on Monday.

The metropolitan average fell 1.2 cents per litre to 127.3 cents, led by the sharp
fall in Sydney, while the regional average eased 0.2 cents per litre to 129.3 cents.

Commonwealth Securities chief economist Craig James said a "petrol price war" was heating
up in Sydney with some motorists able to buy petrol at below cost price.

The terminal gate price, or wholesale price, held around $1.22 a litre compared with
$1.18-$1.20 a litre commonly seen across Sydney, he said.

The average Sydney petrol price last week (122.3 cents) was nearly seven cents below
that of the next placed Perth (128.9) and just over seven cents cheaper than Melbourne
(129.4).

"We can only speculate about the reasons for the petrol price war and about which companies
are driving the moves at the pump," Mr James said in a research note.

Generally price wars break out across industries if a stronger, established operator
wants to exert pressure on the rest of the market with the aim of squeezing out weaker
operators.

"For motorists, the petrol price war is clearly good news in the short term," Mr James said.

"But if competition is reduced as a consequence then it could potentially lead to higher
prices in the future," he said.

In the near term, a fall in the wholesale petrol price to 121.7 cents last week from
a 17-month high of 122.5 cents should deliver lower pump prices across the nation for
the next seven to 10 days, he said.

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Qld: Luxury Gold Coast apartment sales on the move

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2009
Qld: Luxury Gold Coast apartment sales on the move

By Tony Bartlett

GOLD COAST, Dec 4 AAP - Cashed-up buyers are making a splash ahead of Christmas in
the luxury waterfront residential sector on the Gold Coast.

On the northern end of the coast a mansion on the Sovereign Islands has changed hands
for $9 million, while a luxurious penthouse on nearby Ephraim Island has sold for $2.23
million.

The Sovereign Islands mansion boasts six bedrooms and 10 bathrooms.

The $600 million Ephraim Island development has notched up $19 million in sales in
the past three months, on top of a multi property sale to one purchaser of $24 million.

Developed by Mirvac and private developer Lewis Land Group, Ephraim Island is the only
medium density luxury residential development on an island on the northern Gold Coast.

While the general luxury residential market has been patchy on the Gold Coast, there
has been strong demand and a significant rise in the level of inquiry in the past few
months, Mirvac CEO Matthew Wallace said.

"In the past three months, sales have ranged between $600,000 and $1.35 million," he said.

"There were seven new apartment sales in excess of $1 million, four waterfront villas
were sold and four marina berths were sold for between $100,000 and $180,000."

Buyers were a mix of existing Ephraim Island residents, local Gold Coast residents
and interstate purchasers.

David Vertullo, from Professionals Vertullo Real Estate at Paradise Point, said there
has been a wave of buyer interest, including from overseas, for luxury homes and waterfront
apartments.

"Our agency has sold more than $30 million in prestige property in the past month," he said.'

"I believe people are now thinking the worst of the global financial crisis is behind us.

"Australia has fared relatively well by world standards and there is only a strictly
limited amount of prime located waterfront `lifestyle property' available, so they have
decided to act."

Mr Vertullo said comparable properties in Sydney or overseas would be changing hands
at millions of dollars more than they are currently on the Gold Coast.

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NSW: Girl sustains facial injuries after windscreen smashes

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2009
NSW: Girl sustains facial injuries after windscreen smashes

A 16-year-old girl has suffered minor facial injuries after an unknown object fell
through the windscreen of a car she was travelling in along the M4 in Sydney's west.

The girl's mother was driving near the Prospect Highway off-ramp at Prospect about
6.20 this evening when the incident occurred.

Police are still investigating but say at this stage it doesn't appear there's anything
suspicious about the incident.

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NSW: The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=3

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2008
NSW: The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=3

THE AUSTRALIAN:

Page 1: The inquiry into the arrest of Mohamed Haneef on terrorism charges has found
that he should not have been charged and that the cancellation of his visa and his deportation
should have been deferred.

Page 2: Holden will get more than $180 million in federal government subsidies to help
build a new fuel-efficient car at its Adelaide plant.

Page 3: The global financial crisis has seen $25 billion wiped from Australian super
funds in the past three months.

World: US president-elect Barack Obama's has become embroiled in the corruption scandal
involving the allegedly corrupt Illinois governor and Mr Obama's vacant senate seat. (Washington)

Finance: Coal seam gas producer Arrow Energy will take full ownership of Pure Energy
Resources under a $551 million deal.

Sport: Australia's pace attack faces an major overhaul in for the Boxing Day test against
South Africa.

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Oly: Sullivan comes up short in bragging rights

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2008
Oly: Sullivan comes up short in bragging rights

By John Coomber, Senior Sports Writer

BEIJING, Aug 16 AAP - If Eamon Sullivan and Stephanie Rice get back together, best
not to mention gold medals.

While Rice has confirmed her place as Australia's darling of the Beijing Games by winning
three gold medals, Sullivan has only a slim chance of joining her as an Olympic champion.

He went into the 50m freestyle final as the world record holder, but his goggles filled
with water when he dived in and the best he could do was sixth behind Brazil's Cesar Cielo
Filho.

As Filho wept with joy on the victory dais, Sullivan was left to ponder how he had
again failed to deliver his best swims when it really mattered.

To rub salt into the wounds, Sullivan would have won if he'd reproduced his time from
the Australian trials in March.

He also went into the 100m final two days earlier holding the world record, but was
outgunned by Frenchman Alain Bernard.

"I was swimming with a little bit of blurred vision and that freaked me out a little
bit," Sullivan said after today's final.

"I rushed my race but that is no excuse.

"I still gave 100 per cent and wasn't good enough."

It was the fifth time at these Games that an Australian had lined up as world record
holder and gone under.

Sullivan's last race is the 4x100m medley relay tomorrow, the race in which Michael
Phelps is expected to win a record eighth gold medal.

While all the attention was on Phelps's Houdini-like performance in the 100m butterfly
today, Australian Andrew Lauterstein was thrilled to bits just to be part of it.

Lauterstein picked up a surprise bronze medal behind Phelps and Serbian Milorad Cavic,
whose team protested unsuccessfully that the timing mechanism was faulty and he had reached
the wall before Phelps.

"It felt like I was dreaming - words cannot comprehend how I am feeling at the moment,"

Lauterstein said.

His medal boosted Australia's tally to 22, almost half-way to the projected Australian
tally of 45 as the Games reached their mid-point.

Race walker Jarred Tallent was responsible for what might be the high point of Australia's
track and field campaign when he also won bronze in the men's 20km walk.

Elsewhere the pickings were slim.

The Hockeyroos went down 2-1 to world No.1 team Spain and will now have to beat China
to advance to the semi-finals.

The Boomers beat Russia 95-80 to stay on course for the medal matches.

Australia will now look to rowing finals and track cycling events later on the program,
and to swim team captain Grant Hackett, who is bidding to win a third consecutive 1500m
freestyle title in tomorrow night's final.

Hackett produced the second fastest swim in history in winning his heat last night,
but faces an unexpected challenge from 19-year-old Canadian Ryan Cochrane, who was within
two seconds of him in the other heat, with Russian Yuri Prilukov only a blink behind him.

The final is expected to be the fastest in Olympic history.

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Fed: ACT Tibetan community says protests will be peaceful

AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2008
Fed: ACT Tibetan community says protests will be peaceful

The Canberra leg of the Olympic torch relay may be more peaceful than some of the overseas legs.

It follows a pledge by Australia's Tibetan community not to do anything violent when
the flame reaches Canberra later this month.

Pro-Tibetan protesters have disrupted the torch relay on the London and Paris legs
prompting Beijing Games officials and security forces to take extraordinary measures to
protect the flame and runners.

TSERING DEKI .. from the ACT Tibet community .. says local Tibetans are planning a
non-violent peaceful protest in Canberra on April 24.

TED QUINLAN .. chairman of the Torch Relay Taskforce .. has called on other protesters
to follow the Tibetan community's lead.

Mr QUINLAN's told the Nine Network they recognise the right to peaceful protest ..

and they're asking those who want to support Tibet to also honour their wishes for a peaceful
protest.

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Fed: Chaser team to take their show on the road

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2007
Fed: Chaser team to take their show on the road

SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - After their highly successful television ratings year in 2007,
the Chaser crew are leaving the small screen and taking their show live next year.

The Chaser's War On Everything will not return to the ABC in the first half of 2008
while the team take on a nation tour of a new live production, The Chaser's Age of Terror
Variety Hour, from March to June.

"After heeding Today Tonight's complaints about the outrageous waste of taxpayers'
money on their show The War On Everything, the Chaser team has decided to take some time
off from TV in the first half of 2008,'' they said in a statement.

"The Chaser will adopt a purely user-pays approach next year, mounting a national tour
of a new live production."

The show will combine sketches, songs, presentations, interactive audience segments
and, the team promises, "up-to-the-minute insensitive gags about the latest celebrity
deaths as they happen".

Andrew Hansen, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel and one of the Chaser's
founding members, Dominic Knight, will appear in the show, while Chris Taylor takes time
off to develop new television projects for the team.

"The Chaser team is still in negotiations with the ABC about future TV shows," they said.

"Their negotiations with commercial networks of late have mainly been over Supreme
Court injunctions."

The War On Everything averaged 1.45 million viewers for the year, peaking at 2.24 million
in September, after they infiltrated security at the APEC summit with a fake motorcade
and one of their number dressed as Osama bin Laden.

Eleven people involved in the stunt were facing APEC security breach charges, but police
today said they were considering whether the charges should be dropped.

The Chaser's live show will travel to Adelaide, Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Cairns,
Darwin, Geelong, Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney and
Townsville.

Tickets go on sale on December 10.

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NSW: Polls show Rudd still leader, but Howard picks up

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2007
NSW: Polls show Rudd still leader, but Howard picks up

Two new opinion polls show Labor still ahead of the coalition .. and KEVIN RUDD still
leading Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD in the popularity stakes.

An ACNielsen poll .. published in Fairfax newspapers today .. reveals while Labor has
dropped four percentage points since the last poll in early March .. it would have won
an election last weekend on a two party preferred basis .. 58 per cent to the coalition's
42 per cent.

Poll figures at the October 2004 election showed the coalition held 53 per cent of
the vote, compared to Labor's 47 per cent.

And a Galaxy Poll .. conducted last week for News Limited newspapers .. also reveals
Labor would have received 58 per cent of votes to the coalition's 42 per cent after preferences
.. if the election was held last weekend.

Labor would have received 49 per cent of primary votes to the coalition's 37 per cent.

It says while 56 per cent of voters prefer 49-year-old Mr RUDD as prime minister ..

compared to 36 per cent for 67-year-old Mr HOWARD .. 49 per cent still preferred Mr HOWARD
at the helm of Australia's economy than 34 per cent in favour of Mr RUDD.

The ACNielsen poll also showed Mr RUDD continuing his lead over Mr HOWARD as preferred
prime minister .. 51 per cent to 42 per cent.

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Qld: ABC workers to move out of cancer scare office=2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2006
Qld: ABC workers to move out of cancer scare office=2

The review, chaired by Sydney University public health professor Bruce Armstrong, concluded
it would have been reasonable for 1.6 women in the studio to have suffered breast cancer,
but the prevalence could not be due to a statistical abnormality.

It found women who worked for the broadcaster in Brisbane were between three and 11
times more likely to suffer breast cancer.

The report ruled out a number of lifestyle and environmental factors, but was unable
to pinpoint the cause.

The women did not have a higher level of personal risk factors, as all did significant
amounts of exercise, were non-smokers and none had a family history of cancer.

The investigation also tested radiation levels in the building and ruled that out as the cause.

An ABC reporter who attended the meeting with Mr Scott said about 250 people worked
at the studio.

Staff in the newsroom, where the concentration of cancer was highest, would move out
today, she said.

Most would probably work temporarily at the Ten Network and Network Seven's newsrooms.

Staff at other programs such as Australian Story and Landline would be moved to a temporary
location in coming days, she said.

"When Mark Scott, the managing director, handed down the report, there were a number
of women who were crying," the reporter said.

"A combination of emotions for the people they know, the women who have had breast
cancer, and of course for these young girls in their early 30s who are now concerned that
they might have ... conducted breast cancer because they've worked there."

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AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2006
Fed: Eight unlawful arrivals found on Ashmore Reef=2

Senator VANSTONE says the eight people .. whose gender .. nationality and age are unknown
.. were dumped there by people smugglers.

She says they've been picked up by the HMAS Albany .. but will be transferred to the
HMAS Darwin and taken to Christmas Island .. before being flown to Nauru for immigration
processing.

Senator VANSTONE says their arrival in Australian waters illustrates the need for strong
border protection measures.

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NSW: Greens worry cyanide bound for mine could spill

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2006
NSW: Greens worry cyanide bound for mine could spill

SYDNEY, April 7 AAP - Emergency services should be boosted along the route which cyanide
will be transported to a new NSW gold mine, the Greens say.

In response to a question from Greens MP Lee Rhiannon in parliament, the NSW government
this week revealed the route the cyanide will take to Lake Cowal, near West Wyalong in
central western NSW.

It will be railed from Gladstone in Queensland to Chullora in Sydney, then transported
by road to Camellia, by rail to Dubbo and then trucked to the mine, which opened at the
end of last month.

Ms Rhiannon today said emergency services along the route needed to be prepared for
a possible cyanide spill.

"With 6,000 tonnes of cyanide travelling this route every year there is a grave danger
of a poisonous spill on a major highway," she said.

NSW government upper house leader John Della Bosca this week said the Lake Cowal mine's
transport plan for hazardous materials had been endorsed by the Department of Planning.

"I am advised by the Department of Planning that the transport of cyanide occurs on
a regular basis in Australia and is subject to strict commonwealth and state statutory
standards designed to ensure that such material is transported safely," Mr Della Bosca
told parliament.

Sodium cyanide solution is commonly used in commercial mining to separate gold from ground rock.

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Fed: Tax keeping workers from jobs - Labor

AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2005
Fed: Tax keeping workers from jobs - Labor

MELBOURNE, April 1 AAP - Marginal tax rates were forcing some Australians out of the
workforce and discouraging others from higher career aspirations, Shadow federal treasurer
Wayne Swan said today.

Mr Swan, speaking at the Sustaining Prosperity Conference at the University of Melbourne,
said the OECD latest Taxing Wages Report showed marginal tax rates for Australian families
were, in most instances, among the highest in the OECD.

"High marginal tax rates are insidious and they have for years been taking a toll on
the aspirations of hard-working Australians," he said.

"They are likely to discourage workers from seeking promotion, continuing their education
or working overtime because of the poor marginal returns involved.

"We are the world champions at putting in place disincentives for people that want
to work hard to get ahead."

The federal government had made the problem worse for some families following the 2004
Budget, Mr Swan said.

"They spend two years of each three-year cycle squirrelling money, the last year simply
shovelling out large sums of cash in untargeted ways to win an election and all the time
making the incentives of the system worse."

Tax reform would be at the forefront of Labor's attack on the government this year, Mr Swan said.

"I don't underestimate just how difficult and daunting tax reform is either for my
party or for the country," he said.

"But we have now reached the point where it must be done to secure our future prosperity
and that will be the objective of the Labor Party in the months ahead."

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i-data's Lasat Networks Enters into Agreement with Enitel in Norway.(Brief Article)

Lasat Networks, an i-data international business unit, has entered into an agreement with Enitel in Norway, under which Enitel will market Lasat's Internet connectivity products.

The agreement focuses on Lasat's Masquerade Application Server product for small- to medium-sized businesses, but also allows Enitel to market Lasat's ADSL, ISDN, SafePipe virtual private networking (VPN), and other products. Lasat's Masquerade product will be customized for Enitel, and sold in Norway through Enitel's partners, as well as directly by Enitel.

Enitel is a telecommunications company in Norway with a countrywide fiber optics network The company was formed by a collaboration of Norwegian energy companies, and in January 2000 acquired Telia's Norwegian operation.

WARNER-EMI DEAL IS MUSIC TO INTERNET'S EARS.(Business)

Time Warner's merger deals with America Online and EMI were hatched separately, but they both help advance a common goal: bringing music to the Internet.

Time Warner's chairman and CEO, Gerald Levin, has been saying for months that the music business would be the first big winner from opportunities in promotion and distribution offered by the Internet.

He repeated that mantra yesterday in announcing the merger between his company's Warner Music Group and EMI of Britain, which would create the world's largest music company with $8 billion in annual revenues. Seagram's Universal Music Group had been No. 1 with $6.3 billion.

``Music, out of all our businesses, is the one that will benefit most from the Internet and the digital revolution,'' Levin told a London news conference via satellite from New York.

To be sure, Time Warner's blockbuster merger with Internet leader AOL, announced just two weeks ago, is expected to be a far greater catalyst in bringing music and other elements from Time Warner's media warehouse online. AOL's 22 million subscribers offer a giant market to be exploited.

The addition of EMI will create a massive stable of 2,500 artists and a large music catalog of albums and songs to be delivered over the Internet or shipped via CD to consumers.

``It can only help'' accelerate a digital music push, says James Penhune, an analyst with Yankee Group. ``It certainly isn't a cataclysmic event like the AOL merger, but it adds fuel to the fire.''

Other analysts pointed to other, more conventional rationales behind bringing Warner and EMI together: cutting costs by eliminating overlapping operations.

The companies say they would save $400 million a year by the end of three years. As part of that drive, 3,000 jobs are being cut, or 13 percent of the company's combined work force of 23,000.

Ken Berry, who heads EMI Recorded Music and would be chief operating officer of the merged company, said the cuts would most likely come in manufacturing, distribution and back office areas

The deal doesn't solve one problem faced by both companies - a dearth of hot new music acts.

Warner has a big stable of well-known artists such as Cher, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Madonna, Metallica and REM, but its fortunes have been declining in recent years as its acts have grown older.

EMI boasts names like the Spice Girls, Van Morrison, the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Frank Sinatra, but it too has been slumping recently.

Unlike the AOL-Time Warner deal, which combined two fairly different companies, the Warner-EMI union could face tighter scrutiny from antitrust regulators since it reduces the number of major record companies from five to four. The others, besides Seagram's Universal, are BMG, which is part of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, and Sony.

The board of the new company, which would be called Warner EMI Music, will sell one of every four CDs bought in the United States. Its board will be comprised of six Time Warner representatives and five from EMI. Eric Nicoli, chairman of EMI, and Time Warner president Richard Parsons will be co-chairmen.

The back-to-back mergers come just as the music industry is coming to terms with the Internet. The major labels initially opposed distributing music digitally out of fear of piracy, but several have been experimenting with ways to distribute music securely.

SHAW Announces Plans to Accelerate the Deployment of its Interactive Network to Serve All of its Customers.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1999--

Shaw Communications(TSE:SJR.B.) (Alberta Stock Exchange:SJR.B.) (Alberta Stock Exchange:SJR.A.) (NYSE:SJR) SHAW Communications today announced that it is accelerating the deployment of two-way networks in all of its Class I and II cable systems to enable it to offer interactive services such as Shaw@Home high speed Internet and digital services to the remainder of its 1.8 million customers (2.3 million homes passed).

"Our customers in these communities have expressed a strong desire to receive Shaw@Home," said Peter Bissonnette, Senior Vice President, Operations, Shaw Cablesystems G.P. "Reaching 100,000 Shaw@Home customers was a milestone that has fuelled the popularity of this great product. Through this initiative we are confident that many more thousands of Canadians will be connected to Shaw's broadband network to experience Shaw@Home and digital cable."

This initiative will be completed within six months. Over 550,000 customers in the following communities will benefit from this initiative: Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, Prince Albert, Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Lethbridge, Penticton, Kamloops, Prince George, Chilliwack, Duncan, Nanaimo, Parksville, Port Alberni, Courtney/Comox, and Powell River. Subject to regulatory approval of Shaw's pending acquisitions, additional communities will include: Dartmouth, Bedford, Sackville, Digby, Nova Scotia; and Moncton, Fredericton, St. John, Miramichi, Shediac, Woodstock and Bathurst, New Brunswick.

Shaw@Home has been tremendously successful within Shaw's smaller communities. Fort McMurray, for example, has achieved a penetration rate in excess of 17 percent. We anticipate similar performance in these communities which are underserved in their current access to the Internet and broadband digital services.

Shaw has one of the most advanced hybrid fibre coax networks in North America. These networks serve as the platform for future interactive services including Shaw@Home, Digital Cable and IP Telephony.

This initiative represents Shaw's final push to modernize its entire network into fully interactive bi-directional capability.

"We are excited to bring the ultimate internet experience, Shaw@Home, to our customers in these communities." commented Bissonnette.

SHAW Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television services to approximately 1.5 million customers. Shaw also has significant interests in radio broadcasting, television networks and direct-to-home satellite television services and Internet as well as providing telecommunications and paging services to individual and business customers. Shaw is traded on the Alberta, Toronto and New York stock Exchanges.

M&A West, Inc. Retains Leading Investor Relations Firm.

SAN BRUNO, Calif., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- M&A West, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MAWI), a company that develops, invests in and operates Internet and technology-related companies, announced today that it has retained Vision Corporate Consulting, a leading Wall Street investor relations firm, to help raise its visibility in the public markets and increase shareholder value.

Vision will help M&A West, Inc. expand its investment audience by arranging meetings with top members of the investment community, managing investor and shareholder communications, creating increased media coverage, and preparing all written material for the financial community.

As an Investor Relations firm focused on servicing high-growth micro- and small-cap companies, Vision has helped its clients maintain shareholder value in a variety of market sectors, including Internet and High Technology, Healthcare, Consumer Goods, and Telecommunications.

"Our whole team at Vision is pleased to represent M&A West and our goal is to foster increased recognition in the capital markets for M&A West. We look forward to working with M&A West through its various stages of operational and market capitalization growth," said Ms. Laurel Moody, Chief Executive Officer of Vision Corporate Consulting.

About M&A West, Inc.

M&A West, Inc. has four primary business objectives. The first is to be a leader in the acquisition and development of Internet and technology companies. The second is to provide seed capital to newly emerging Internet companies. The third is to provide a full line of business services to emerging micro-cap and small-cap companies to increase awareness of their business. The fourth is to create and grow offshoot Internet-related companies under the M&A West, Inc. umbrella. Other companies in this space include CMGI, Inc. and Internet Capital Group, Inc.

M&A West, Inc.'s current investments include: online venture capital portal VentureList.com (http://www.venturelist.com), E-Commerce and Web development company Digital Bridge, Inc. (http://www.digitalbridge.com), and an online grocery provider VirtualGroceries.com, Inc. (http://www.virtualgroceries.com).

For more information on M&A West, Inc. please visit http://www.mawest.com.

Statements regarding financial matters in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements (future operational results and sales) involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results may differ materially from expected results.

BizRocket.com, Inc., Projects $50 Million Revenue.

BizRocket.com, Inc., (Pink Sheets: BZRT) announces growing acceptance of its KidzRocket.com subscription based social networking website for kids. KidzRocket.com provides a safe, fun, social networking website for children to communicate with friends and buddies using a safe chat room with audio-visual technology. The system supports all activities for up to five family users at a cost of only $5.95 a month. KidzRocket.com requires parental involvement to ensure a safe social networking website experience for children. A safe chat room for children is critically important allowing parents knowing about more who is on the other end. KidzRocket.com also offers free parental Internet control to ensure a safe website experience for children.

According to eMarketer worldwide social network spending is expected to reach $6 billion this year. The social networking market for kids age 13 and under is estimated at over one billion ($1,000,000,000) dollars per year and rapidly growing. BizRocket.com, Inc., is committed to earn a significant share of that revenue stream for shareholders and provide a safe Internet experience for pre-teens. BizRocket.com, Inc., projects annual revenues to exceed $50 million by third year of full operations. KidzRocket.com is poised to become the leader in Internet safety for kids. To avoid predators, cyberbullying, and phishing scams, all invitees, buddies and friends that their children communicate with on KidzRocket.com must be pre-approved by the child's parent. As each child invites friends to chat with, invitees will first need to be approved by the child's parent. With the free, easy to use companion KidzRocket WebFilter module, parents can easily select defined Internet access privileges and also know which websites their kids accessed or attempted to access. The free KidzRocket WebFilter Internet control utilizes cutting edge real time image and context scanning using F4i real-time image composition analysis (ICA) engine to detect Internet images and other content that can be viewed both online and embedded within emails.

Safe Internet access for children has always been of primary concern for parents. The KidzRocket.com Social Networking Website and free KidzRocket Internet WebFilter will present a powerful combination for the whole family.

"KidzRocket.com has implemented the needed technology that meets or exceeds current standards for a safe Internet site for kids. From the website platform to the sign up process, safeguards are in place to ensure that children are communicating only with pre-approved friends and buddies," said Myriam Cohen, President, BizRocket.com, Inc., parent of KidzRocket.com. KidzRocket.com was invented to meet the national challenge to help protect children from Internet predators, cyberbullying, and various inappropriate Internet related content. KidzRocket.com complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act - FTC (COPPA). KidzRocket.com is a subsidiary of BizRocket.com, Inc. (Pink Sheets: BZRT)

Keywords: Pediatrics, BizRocket.com Inc..

This article was prepared by Pediatrics Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Pediatrics Week via NewsRx.com.

Research and Markets: Internet Retailing - South Korea.

M2 PRESSWIRE-June 27, 2011-: Research and Markets: Internet Retailing - South Korea(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c1f835/internet_retailing) has announced the addition of the "Internet Retailing - South Korea" report to their offering.

Internet retailing continued to see strong sales growth in 2010. Due to the increasingly busy lifestyles of Korean consumers, demand for internet retailing grew significantly over the review period. Furthermore, sellers can open their own shop in internet space with a small-scale investment, so not only integrated internet retailing, but small-sized personal internet shopping malls also have increased dramatically. Within this expanding market, consumers generally think internet retailing is...

The Internet Retailing in South Korea report offers insight into key trends and developments driving the industry. The report examines all retail channels to provide sector insight. Channels include hypermarkets, supermarkets, discounters, convenience stores, mixed retailers, health and beauty retailers, clothing and footwear retailers, furniture and furnishing stores, DIY and hardware stores, durable goods retailers, leisure and personal goods retailers. There are profiles of leading retailers, with analysis of their performance and the challenges they face. There is also analysis of non-store retailing: vending; homeshopping; internet retailing; direct selling, as available.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

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ATK to Feature Its Commercial and International Military Aerospace Capabilities and Products at the 2011 Paris Air Show.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced that it will participate as an exhibitor at the 2011 Paris Air Show. ATK will highlight a variety of capabilities and programs at the show, which will be held at Le Bourget Airport from June 20-26, 2011. ATK is located in Row A, Chalet 100.

"International cooperation among allies and industry is vital to global security," said ATK President and Chief Executive Officer Mark DeYoung. "The international market, particularly through the partnerships ATK enjoys in Europe, is an important component of ATK's strategy for the future. ATK is well positioned for international growth and the company offers significant systems and capabilities to the United States and its allies."

The Paris Air Show provides ATK an opportunity to highlight its growing capabilities in several business areas, including commercial and military aerospace structures manufacturing. ATK is a major provider of large composite structures for the Airbus A350, an established supplier of composite structures for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, and provider of composite fan cases and fan case sections for the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB and GEnx engines. These contracts build on ATK's decades of experience in large-scale composite manufacturing and expand ATK's role as a leading supplier of commercial aircraft composite structures and engine components.

The Paris Air Show will also provide potential customers the opportunity to obtain information on ATK's light gunship platform, which integrates intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors, fire control equipment, air-to-ground missiles and rockets, as well as the LW30mm link-fed gun system. The light gunship capability package is the latest addition to ATK's Special Mission Aircraft product portfolio, which provides affordable, responsive and advanced capabilities to customer-preferred platforms. ATK's expertise includes outfitting various aircraft -- including Cessna Caravans, Lockheed Martin C-130s, Bombardier Dash-8s, Hawker Beechcraft King Airs and others -- with integrated ISR capabilities, fire control equipment and air-to-ground capability for conducting responsive defense, counterinsurgency, and border surveillance and security missions.

ATK recently announced its new Hostile Fire Indicator capability upgrade for the AAR-47 Missile Warning System. ATK is the first company to deliver this key capability as part of a proven missile warning system. The company continues to leverage its years of experience to design, develop, and produce aircraft survivability equipment, such as the AAR-47 Missile Warning System to meet the urgent operational requirements of the warfighter.

ATK will highlight the focusing of the company's unique and longstanding expertise in space exploration to serve NASA and commercial space launch needs. While ATK's four-segment Reusable Solid Rocket Motors continue to support the launch of the space shuttle as the program nears retirement, ATK is furthering the development of its upgraded five-segment solid rocket motor, which is well-suited for both commercial launch and NASA heavy lift missions. In addition, ATK is upgrading its Castor 30 motor to support commercial resupply missions to the International Space Station.

ATK will display the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), which provides the warfighter with the latest and most advanced weapon system for engaging and destroying enemy air defenses and time-critical mobile targets. The AARGM system is a cooperative U.S. and Italian acquisition program, with the U.S. Navy as the executive agent.

Media interested in more information about ATK can visit the ATK Chalet or contact ATK's on-site media representatives: Rod Gibbons, (+1-410-310-1805) or Heather Kralik (+1-801-698-3808). An online media kit is available at http://www.atk.com/parisairshow/.

ATK is an aerospace, defense, and commercial products company with operations in 23 states, Puerto Rico, and internationally, and revenues of approximately $4.8 billion. News and information can be found on the Internet at www.atk.com.

Certain information discussed in this press release constitutes forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although ATK believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Among those factors are: assumptions regarding the international market for ATK's products, changes in governmental spending, budgetary policies and product sourcing strategies; the company's competitive environment; the terms and timing of awards and contracts; and economic conditions. ATK undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. For further information on factors that could impact ATK, and statements contained herein, please refer to ATK's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Hospital Ratings Study Flawed, According to HealthGrades.(Report)

Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 19, 2011

The findings of a journal article published in the May issue of the Archives of Surgery are fundamentally flawed and could undermine patients ability to find high quality hospital care, according to HealthGrades. The article, Evaluating Popular Media and Internet-Based Hospital Quality Ratings for Cancer Surgery, compared outcomes for gastrointestinal cancer patients who underwent surgery at hospitals on HealthGrades' "America's 50 Best Hospitals" and US News and World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" lists. The study asserts that hospitals with the best outcomes for three surgical procedures were often not among those listed as top performers by HealthGrades and US News. HealthGrades America's 50 Best Hospital designation is based on patient outcomes across 27 common medical procedures and diagnoses and is intended to reflect a broad spectrum of clinical excellence in patient care.

"While we're encouraged by the study authors' attempts to help patients find accurate quality information, in this case this study may have the opposite effect and might actually discourage patients from getting the information they need to make critically important health care decisions," said Dr. Rick May, HealthGrades Vice President, Accelerated Clinical Excellence. "More than 10 million patients a month visit HealthGrades.com looking for information on hospitals and doctors and they trust us to provide the most accurate information on health care quality. We take that responsibility seriously and that's why, for the last decade, we have conducted the most rigorous statistical analyses of hospital quality in America. We stand firmly behind the accuracy of our hospital ratings, including our list of America's 50 Best Hospitals."

HealthGrades identified major flaws in the methodology upon which the Archives of Surgery study findings are based.

*     The study authors compared two disparate groups of patients: Cancer patients undergoing cancer surgery were compared to non-cancer patients with a variety of other diagnoses. For example, the study essentially compares the outcomes of cancer patients to the outcomes of patients having knee replacements or being treated for a stroke. HealthGrades "America's 50 Best Hospitals" analyzes outcomes data from 27 different procedures and diagnoses, none of which are the three focused on in this study, pancreatectomy, esophagectomy and colectomy. HealthGrades hospital ratings for gastrointestinal procedures and diagnoses exclude patients with primary and metastatic cancers because tumor staging and grading information is not available through the Medicare administrative data set. Thus, it is not possible to adequately risk adjust this data.

*     The study included only a small fraction of the Medicare patient records analyzed by HealthGrades in its America's 50 Best Hospitals study: The 2008 HealthGrades America's 50 Best Hospitals study recognizes hospitals that have demonstrated superior performance spanning eight years of Medicare patient data (1999 to 2006), across common 27 diagnoses and procedures. The HealthGrades analysis includes over 100 million patient records. The study authors used only one year of data (2005 -- 2006) and outcomes for just three procedures, which accounts for 85,000 patient records.

*     The study methodology tries to compare two different treatment time frames and different outcome measures: HealthGrades America's 50 Best Hospitals study uses in-patient mortality and complications, whereas the study authors only looked at 30-day mortality.

HealthGrades America's 50 Best Hospitals are determined by independently and objectively analyzing more than 100 million Medicare patient records for 27 medical procedures and conditions. To be included in the analysis, hospitals must have met minimum thresholds in terms of patient volumes, quality ratings, and the range of services provided. Individuals may compare their local hospitals online at HealthGrades.com. HealthGrades' hospital ratings are independently created; no hospital can opt-in or opt-out of being rated, and no hospital pays to be rated. Mortality and complication rates are risk adjusted, which takes into account differing levels of severity of patient illness at different hospitals and allows for hospitals to be compared equally.

Complete procedure-by-procedure comparisons of the HealthGrades America's 50 Best Hospitals and all others can be found at HealthGrades.com. A comprehensive methodology for this award and all HealthGrades hospital ratings and rankings is also available online.

About HealthGrades

HealthGrades is America's most trusted, independent source of physician information and hospital quality outcomes. HealthGrades' online properties are the nation's leading destination for physician search and empower more than 200 million consumers annually to make informed health care decisions.

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Working Mother Magazine Names Cricket to Second Annual Best Companies for Hourly Workers.

~ List Highlights Best Practices and Sets Benchmarks ~

NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Part of an esteemed group of honorees, Cricket Communications, Inc. has been named to Working Mother's second annual list of Best Companies for Hourly Workers. The only initiative of its kind, Best Companies for Hourly Workers celebrates businesses working steadfastly to provide family-friendly benefits that promote health/wellness, education, flexibility and work-life balance. Best Companies for Hourly Workers honorees must have a minimum of 50 percent hourly workers in order to submit their data for this distinction.

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"For the second year, Working Mother's Best Companies for Hourly Workers honors corporations who develop talent and support a historically marginalized portion of the U.S. workforce," said Carol Evans, President, Working Mother Media. "Promoting employees from hourly workers to management to executive is a hallmark of these winning companies. In an era of economic stress and budget cuts, these companies are proactively working to ensure the future productivity of U.S. businesses and to bolster the economy as a whole."

"Cricket Communications has been honored as one of Working Mother's Best Companies for Hourly Workers because it is encouraging hourly employees to understand how their health and productivity go hand-in-hand," said Jennifer Owens, Director of the Working Mother Research Institute. "By offering medical coverage to anyone working 30 hours per week, personal health assessment tools and subsidized gym facilities, Cricket invests in the longitudinal success of their hourly employees."

With nearly half the U.S. workforce-73 million Americans-punching in and out as hourly employees every day, companies like Cricket are finding a competitive edge when they support hourly workers. Cricket and 100 percent of this year's Best Companies for Hourly Workers winners offer benefits such as healthcare coverage, tuition reimbursement to workers pursuing degrees and paid job skills training during working hours.

"We are honored to be named one of Working Mother's Best Companies for Hourly Workers," said Len Stephens, senior vice president of human resources for Cricket. "Our mission is to offer customers the best value in wireless, period. Our hourly employees are the key to making this happen, so it makes good business sense for us to develop and sustain a work environment that supports inclusion, promotes productivity and ensures that each employee can realize success."

The winners are detailed in Working Mother's May issue, at www.workingmother.com/bestcompanies, and on iPad (search: working mother). Corporate Voices for Working Families serves as knowledge partner for the Working Mother Best Companies for Hourly Workers initiative.

Methodology

The 2011 Working Mother Best Companies for Hourly Workers application was created in partnership with Corporate Voices for Working Families, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit membership organization. It includes some 450 questions on workforce; company culture; benefits; training, development and advancement programs; flexibility policies; paid time off and more. It surveys the availability and usage of programs, as well as the accountability of managers who oversee them. All applicants receive feedback showing how they compare to other applicants; however, the names of applicants that do not make the list are kept confidential.

About Working Mother Media

Working Mother magazine reaches 2.2 million readers and is the only national magazine for career-committed mothers; WorkingMother.com (www.workingmother.com) brings to the Web home and career information, advice and a broad range of solutions daily. 2010 marks 25 years of Working Mother's signature research initiative, Working Mother 100 Best Companies, the most important benchmark for work-life practices in corporate America. Working Mother Media, a division of Bonnier Corp. (www.bonnier.com), includes the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE, www.nafe.com), Diversity Best Practices (www.diversitybestpractices.com), and the Working Mother Research Institute. Working Mother Media's mission is to serve as a champion of culture change.

About Cricket

Cricket is the pioneer of simple and affordable unlimited wireless services with no long-term commitments or credit checks required serving more than 5.8 million customers in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Cricket offers wireless voice and broadband Internet services over the latest technology, high-quality, all-digital 3G CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless network. Cricket's nationwide wireless voice service plans include unlimited anytime minutes, unlimited U.S. long distance, unlimited text and picture messaging, unlimited text to Mexico, unlimited Mobile Web, unlimited directory assistance, as well as a variety of calling features and feature-rich mobile applications such as popular games, ringtones and wallpapers. For more information on Cricket, visit www.mycricket.com. Cricket is offered by Leap Wireless International, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit www.leapwireless.com.

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Market Maker Surveillance Report. LVLT, IWM, EEM, EFA, INTC, KEY, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, April 13th 2011.

M2 PRESSWIRE-April 14, 2011-BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. LVLT, IWM, EEM, EFA, INTC, KEY, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, April 13th 2011(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Wednesday there were 2568 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2508 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2763 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with Abnormal Price Friction (bullish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices rose. LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC (NASDAQ:LVLT), ISHARES RUSSELL 2000 (NYSE:IWM), ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MKT IN (NYSE:EEM), ISHARES MSCI EAFE INDEX FUND (NYSE:EFA), INTEL CORP (NASDAQ:INTC), KEYCORP (NYSE:KEY). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .

Market Maker Friction Factor is shown in the chart below:

Symbol Change Percent Buy Volume Buy %% Sell Volume Sell %% Net Volume Friction

LVLT $0.020 1.20% 23,212,433 45.40% 27,503,333 53.79% -4,290,900 Abnormal

IWM $0.060 0.07% 33,632,812 45.94% 38,023,306 51.94% -4,390,494 Abnormal

EEM $0.340 0.70% 25,024,056 47.56% 28,715,180 54.58% -3,691,124 Abnormal

EFA $0.110 0.18% 6,218,343 42.45% 9,788,596 66.83% -3,570,253 Abnormal

INTC $0.010 0.05% 17,943,746 46.94% 20,203,281 52.85% -2,259,535 Abnormal

KEY $0.070 0.85% 8,305,562 39.91% 10,093,539 48.50% -1,787,977 Abnormal

Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more selling than buying on Wednesday and their stock prices rose. The Friction Factor displays how many more shares of buying than selling are required to move a stock higher by one cent or how many more shares of selling than buying moves a stock lower by 1 cent.

For example, the chart above shows LVLT with 4,290,900 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.02000. This means the Market Makers were trading the stock in a way inconsistent with normal supply and demand (Economics 101); more selling than buying should cause prices to drop.

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC (NASDAQ:LVLT) - Level 3 Communications, Inc. engages in the communications business in North America and Europe. It offers network and Internet services, including transport services, high speed Internet protocol services, dedicated Internet access, virtual private network services, and dark fiber services, as well as managed modem, an outsourced, turn-key infrastructure solution; and colocation services. The company also provides various media services, comprising Vyvx services that provide audio and video feeds over fiber or satellite; content delivery network services; media delivery services to customers seeking to manage, protect, and monetize content delivered over the Internet; a range of local and long distance voice services, such as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and traditional circuit-switch based services; and VoIP Enhanced Local, a VoIP service that enables broadband cable operators, IXCs, VoIP providers, and other companies operating their own switching infrastructure to launch IP-based local and long-distance voice services through a broadband connection. Level 3 Communications media services also consist of SIP Trunking, a VoIP-based local phone service; Local Inbound service that terminates traditional telephone network originated calls to Internet Protocol termination points; Primary Rate Interface, a TDM local phone service that could be configured in various ways; Long Distance services portfolio comprising local and long distance transport and termination services; and Toll Free services portfolio, which terminate toll free calls that are originated on the traditional telephone network. As of December 31, 2009, its network encompassed approximately 67,000 intercity route miles in North America and an intercity network covering approximately 12,000 miles across Europe. Further, it sells coal primarily through long-term contracts with public utilities. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

ISHARES RUSSELL 2000 (NYSE:IWM) - ISHARE RUS 2000 I

ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MKT IN (NYSE:EEM) - ISHARES MSCI E.M.

ISHARES MSCI EAFE INDEX FUND (NYSE:EFA) - ISHARES TRUST MSCI

INTEL CORP (NASDAQ:INTC) - Intel Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. It offers microprocessor products used in notebooks, netbooks, desktops, servers, workstations, storage products, embedded applications, communications products, consumer electronics devices, and handhelds. The company also offers system on chip products that integrate its core processing functionalities with other system components, such as graphics, audio, and video, onto a single chip. It also provides chipset products that send data between the microprocessor and input, display, and storage devices, such as keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, and CD or DVD drives; motherboards that has connectors for attaching devices to the bus, and products designed for desktop, server, and workstation platforms; and wired and wireless connectivity products, including network adapters and embedded wireless cards used to translate and transmit data across networks. In addition, Intel offers NAND flash memory products primarily used in portable memory storage devices, digital camera memory cards, and solid-state drives; network processors used in networking equipment to manage and direct data moving across networks and the Internet; software products, including operating systems, middleware, and tools used to develop, run, and manage various enterprise, consumer, embedded, and handheld devices, as well as software development tools that enable the creation of applications; and healthcare products designed to connect people and information to improve patient care and safety. Further, it offers platforms that include a microprocessor, chipset, and enabling software. Intel sells its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, PC and network communications products users, and other manufacturers of industrial and communications equipment. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

KEYCORP (NYSE:KEY) - KeyCorp operates as a holding company for KeyBank National Association that provides various banking services in the United States. The company operates in Community Banking and National Banking divisions. The Community Banking division provides regional banking services, including deposit and investment products; personal finance services and loans comprising residential mortgages, home equity, and installment loans; deposits, investment and credit products, and business advisory services to small businesses; and financial, estate and retirement planning, and asset management services to high-net-worth clients. This division also provides commercial banking products and services, such as commercial lending, cash management, equipment leasing, investment and employee benefit programs, succession planning, access to capital markets, and derivatives and foreign exchange to mid size businesses. The National Banking division offers real estate capital and corporate banking services. Its real estate capital banking services include construction and interim lending, permanent debt placements and servicing, equity and investment banking, and other commercial banking products and services to developers, brokers, and owner-investors. This divisions corporate banking services comprise cash management, interest rate derivatives, and foreign exchange products and services. It also offers commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading, and syndicated finance products and services, as well as provides equipment financing services. KeyCorp also offers personal and corporate trust services, principal investing, community development financing, securities brokerage, and merchant services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 1,007 retail banking branches in 14 states; and 1,495 automated teller machines in 16 states. The company was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Airline & Airport Services News - Europe.

Feb 7, 2010

Airbus, Panasonic Avionics

Airbus has opted to make Panasonic Avionics' in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) solutions line-fit offerable on the A350 XWB, in a move that shows a willingness on the part of Panasonic to meet the European airframer's architectural requirements for the widebody twinjet and an easing of tensions between the two firms. The contract, signed on 4 February at Airbus' headquarters in Toulouse, means that A350 customers will be able to select from Panasonic's cadre of IFEC solutions, including full-cabin audio/video on demand (AVOD) and the firm's global communications suite comprising its Ku-band satellite-based high-speed Internet offering eXConnect, Airborne Television Network, and eXPhone mobile phone service, which is offered via a partnership with Telenor subsidiary AeroMobile. The IFEC equipment will be installed on A350 XWB flight test aircraft MSN002, says Panasonic Avionics CEO Paul Margis. Feb 5, 2010

Amadeus

Amadeus and Air France-KLM, the largest airline group in Europe, have agreed to extend their full-content agreement until December 2013. The agreement guarantees Amadeus travel agents worldwide access to the entire range of fares, schedules and inventory relating to more than 74.8 million seats and 90.000 flights operated annually by Air France and KLM. The full-content agreement also includes the content of subsidiary airlines Martinair and VLM and ensures access to the same content through Amadeus as through any other direct or indirect sales channel, distribution provider or website. Amadeus has recently announced long-term full content agreements with key airlines including British Airways (three years), Iberia (five years), Lufthansa and Swiss (five years), SAS Group (five years) and Virgin Atlantic (three years). More than 80 percent of all airline bookings sold by Amadeus travel agencies worldwide are made on airlines with content agreements. This represents over 280 million bookings a year. For more information, visit www.amadeus.com. Feb 1, 2010

Dassault

Dassault has chosen Hawker Pacific to provide product support for Asia-based customers of the Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft. The aircraft is expected to enter into service later this month in India, and Hawker Pacific will provide full front line technical support to the Falcon 7X, it says. Feb 5, 2010

Lufthansa Technik

Lufthansa Technik has signed agreements with two Asia-Pacific carriers to provide maintenance services. Its Philippines subsidiary inked a three-year contract with Malaysia's AirAsia X for maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the airline's fleet of eight Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft. The services will be performed at Lufthansa Technik Philippines' facility in Manila, says the MRO firm. Under the agreement, the carrier will receive four C-checks and a heavy maintenance check in the first year of the contract. Feb 3, 2010

Shannon Aerospace, Aeroflot, Airbus

Shannon Aerospace announced the completion of six-year checks on three Aeroflot A320 family aircraft. Feb 4, 2010

SITA

SITA deployed the world's first Common Use Self-Service kiosks with an Arabic interface at Sharjah International, the parties announced yesterday. Passengers flying Air Arabia, Nas Air, Sama, Air India and Jet Airways are using the kiosks. SITA also is providing Web check-in for Air Arabia under a five-year deal. Feb 3, 2010

SITA

SITA implemented its baggage management system comprising BagManager and BagMessage for Middle East Airlines at Beirut. System initially will used for flights handled by Middle East Airlines Ground Handling and eventually will be made available to other handlers at the airport. Feb 2, 2010

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Microsoft Corp. Introduces Boston Sidewalk on World Wide Web.(Originated from The Boston Globe)

Jul. 1--Microsoft Corp.'s local information service called Boston Sidewalk debuts today, bringing yet another entry into the already crowded field of Internet information providers.

Boston Sidewalk, at http://www. boston.sidewalk.com, is billed as a comprehensive site for information about dining and entertainment options around the city. It's Microsoft's third local outpost, following the April debut of Seattle Sidewalk and the May unveiling of New York Sidewalk.

Already, the local field is crowded with several major information sources, among them Digital City Boston, available on America Online, and Boston.com, developed by a subsidiary of The Boston Globe. Several smaller local sites provide specialized restaurant listings or reviews of arts events.

"It's definitely a competitive category, but we're trying to take the power of the medium and make it personal and useful for local residents," said Gail Troberman, Seattle-based marketing manager for Sidewalk.

Users can customize Sidewalk to automatically retrieve preselected information, which, for example, could be new restaurants or specific performers or artists. The information is posted to each user's Boston Sidewalk home page, essentially making each page different for each user. Weekly e-mail updates are also available. Detailed maps accompany the restaurant listings; similarly, music and cultural listings are paired with lists of nearby restaurants.

Like all of the first Sidewalk cities, Boston was selected because of its combination of significant factors: high on-line use, and active nightlife and varied cultural offerings.

"We'll be in about 10 cities this year," Troberman said. "We have teams on the ground getting ready to launch in various sites, so we'll be rolling out a city or two a month throughout the year, with more to follow." This colonization push also extends to Sydney, site of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.

Boston Sidewalk operates out of a converted Canal Street loft in the North End and employs fifteen full-time staff people, many of whom were recruited from AT&T's foundering new media division.

Seattle Sidewalk employs 12 full-time staffers; New York's staffing level of 20 to 25 full timers suits the myraid entertainment options available in the Big Apple.

So far, the Sidewalk sites limit their focus to entertainment-related themes, which may limit the number of site visitors, said Lincoln Millstein, Boston Globe vice president for new media.

"I think they will learn very quickly that people won't go to Boston Sidewalk every day because people don't go out to eat every day and don't go to the movies every day," Millstein said. "Boston.com is up to 650,000 page views a day, making us the single largest regional Web site in the country. I think they will find it very difficult to match that kind of traffic."

Troberman declined to reveal usage figures for Seattle or New York Sidewalk sites, but said "We set some really aggressive goals and we're doing well."

Trish Barber, the "mayor" of Digital City Boston, said Boston Sidewalk is a strong competitor in specific areas, but that her site's presence on both AOL and the Web should continue to "drive a lot of people into the site, which should be attractive to advertisers as well as users."

But with its plans for a worldwide miniempire in multiple cities, Sidewalk hopes to attract a variety of national and local business partners, general manager Barry Kurland said.

"National advertisers can have wide coverage in major cities, but being local means that someone like Barnes and Noble can promote bookstore happenings in Boston locations, or Club Med can promote different vacations to cities on different coasts," Kurland said.

Despite its major backing, Boston Sidewalk will have a "soft opening," trotted out quietly over the next few weeks. Kurland said the local marketing team will explore feedback from both advertisers and users before begining in-city and on-line advertising campaigns.

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